Hi Rosa and thanks for your good wishes. I received between 20 and 30 supportive and encouraging emails and I do appreciate that. I come to GC...
The Jade Vine has gone over at Cambridge Botanic Garden and they are currently re-structuring their greenhouses, but you can still see their...
Last one is Alkanet.. Excellent photos
I have a rose that comes out a deep red in early summer. Later - like now - it flowers again. This time the flowers are smaller and much...
You may find that the roots of the tree extend as far out as the branches do. That could make for very thirsty as well as shady ground. The...
oops! We seem to have missed X and jumped from W to OSo to put that right: Xerxes by Jonathan Buckley
Really impressed with this month's entries and in particular with those from some of the newcomers to GC.1st Juliet's Fire and Brimstone -...
No boats now - Health and Safety Police banned 'em. Lots of Canada Geese and mallards and sometimes something more exciting
Guess I spelled it incorrectly, but here it is http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/jadevine.htm
Flowers and chocolates to ALL of the women in my life ;)
Young heron fishing in Connaught Water, Epping Forest, Essex.. Wish I could show you the high res. image as these low res. web images are never...
Hi Michaelmas Daisy! Saw this one growing wild in Epping Forest this morning and thought of you [img][img] [ 01. August 2006, 04:10...
Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott
That's right. Most of 'em haven't got wings and those that have are feeble and get soggy from the hose. Plenty of creepy crawlies on the ground...
Teasing :confused: The Jade Vine's botanic name is Strongylodus macrobotry [img]
N or M by Agatha Christie
Yes- that's it! Very much like the triffids in the TV drama and also a look about them of the pitcher plants. They don't eat insects of course,...
When you stop deadheading it will set seeds
Hereward the Wake by Charles Kingsley
Some of the best garden plants are the high energy nectar bars which act as filling stations for butterflies, honey bees, bumble bees and hover...
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